Tailwaters Fly Fishing Co. and The Palometa Club present the teaser for a film short that highlights some of the action from the 5th Annual Palometa Club Permit Tourney. This two minute peak features Caribbean saltwater fly fishing, budding friendships, unique experiences, and above all, a week of fun, good food, and lots [...]

The 5th Annual Permit Tournament at the Palometa Club took place March 31 - April 7, 2017. Once again it was tons of fun and a huge success in fundraising for the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust and the schoolchildren of Punta Allen, Mexico. But unlike the last few years when Mike Gifford and David Leake took home [...]

It’s hard to believe that our spring season is at the halfway point. Our 5th Annual Permit Tournament is underway as we speak, and it’ll be time to kick off the summer season before we know it. It’s been a great 2017 thus far, and thank you a million times to all the wonderful [...]

Mother Nature has been very good to those anglers who made it down to see us over the last few weeks. Kevin Ewing and his crew of Alaskans opened the season with a bang with a legit trophy... followed by Keith and Margaret Stover along with brothers Cole and Robert Francis the following week. They [...]

It’s hard to believe that the start of the 2017 season at the Palometa Club is right around the corner. Now that El Niño is long gone and a very mild winter appears to be in our future, we anticipate excellent spring-like conditions and awesome fishing during the early season. We’re once again going to [...]

Rance Rathie, co-owner of Patagonia River Guides in Argentina, along with his childhood best buddy, Jason Miller, just rewrote the record books. While wrapping up the Rathie family summer vacation in Punta Allen at the Palometa Club, Rance and Jason put the hurt on the Ascension Bay permit population with 14 NICE fish in two [...]

We recently hosted the 3rd Annual Palometa Club Permit Tournament, April 10-17. The Palometa Club once again teamed up with Patagonia Clothing Company and Hatch Reels as the lead sponsors for the annual event to benefit the Jon Ain Fund at Bonefish Tarpon Trust as well as the schoolchildren of Punta Allen, Mexico. The [...]

We still have a few spots open for next season's tourney week. Grab a fishing partner/teammate and sign up now! Our annual Permit Tournament held each spring has raised over $15,000 in donations for BTT’s Jon Ain Memorial Fund. Our tournament is a laid back and super fun competition that is supported by numerous fly fishing [...]

NOT A TYPO! 34 Anglers. 25 Fishing Days. 59 Permit. Like all fishing lodges in the Caribbean, our hardest months to sell are January and February for the simple reason that folks worry about winter weather effecting the fishery. The irony is that the last three Februarys have witnessed the best fishing conditions of the [...]

Sometimes I feel like bad weather seems to always follow me wherever I may travel to. This past week that feeling loomed over my head as I sat and watched howling winds, dark clouds and rain, eat up my first day down in Ascension Bay, Mexico at the Palometa Club. Does it bother me or [...]